Friday, July 25, 2008

I have a new obsession....

SO I went to see Ani Difranco this past weekend here in my home town.... it was amazing (as usual)! She played some great old songs.... Fuel, Shameless, and others. She also played Every State Line and the drummer started to play this AMAZING drum..... it's a Cajon, and now I'm obsessed..... John and I are on a mission to build one ourselves and learn how to play it.... the sound is beautiful and so harmoneous... and it's just a box!

As I told John about my new found love for this drum.... he told me about one of my other favorite artist, Ben Harper. He does this amazing song playing a Cajon the whole time.... the first time I heard this song, I fell in love with it.... so much that I wanted to share this video with you of the song..... it's amazing and the words to the song are encouraging and thoughtful at the same time.... the lyrics are below for those who care to read them.... absolutely wonderful... and in his lap is a Cajon!

you have to pause the sound to the side....

Corcovado parted the skyAnd through the darknessOn us he shinedCrucified in stoneStill his blood is my ownGlory behold all my eyes have seenI am blessed to be a witness

Some have flown awayAnd canâ€™t be with us here todayLike the hills of my homeSome have crumbled and now are goneGather around for today wonâ€™t come again

I am blessed to be a witness

So much sorrow and painStill I will not live in vainLike good questions never askedIs wisdom wasted on the pastOnly by the grace of God go i

I am blessed to be a witness

*UPDATE* Upon further researching this matter, John discovered that Ben Harper plays a tongue drum and not a cajon for these wonderful sounds. So, now John has two projects, build a tongue drum and a cajon.

Ani DeFranco is awsome...i wanted to go to her concert but didn't have the money at the time.

thanks for the wonderful compliment and thoughts! I have amazing children who are very intelligent and understanding of people and their differences...i am so lucky that that is one less thing, as a mom I have to worry about and I know one less thing for them as well.

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What am I? I'm a mother and a wife. I'm also a widow and very independent. I enjoy living simply and absorbing the world. I'm opinionated and thoughtful. I knit and I sew. I also consider myself a feminist. I stand up for the ones who can't do it themselves. I give all of myself to those I love daily. I like to bury my nose in a book but will speed read it in 4 hours. I hate to clean but I hate a mess. I enjoy medicine, psychology, art and people. I think human beings and the human psyche are so very interesting. I have no order to any of this that I am, it all comes out when it wants and where it wants.... and I let it.

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